Suggestions for F9

[Hans de Goede]

Trever L. Adams wrote:
> I have been looking at Fedora to see what functionality it provides or, 
> more importantly, doesn't which is useful to me at home and that I think 
> business would like. I have provided a list of functionality (by 
> programs which I think would best fit it) below. This is a list meant 
> for Fedora 9.
> 
> Thunderbird Enigmail
> What: 	A program which adds gnupg and s/mime support to Thunderbird
> Where: 	http://enigmail.mozdev.org/
> Why: 	This would greatly help people who want to use the same mail 
> program in Windows/Linux or who think Evolution does a horrible job 
> (such as full imap support). The 64 bit compiled version for Linux is 
> only available via the website, not the add-ons functionality, it is 
> usually behind, so an RPM would be great.
> 
> Changes Needed: 	Unknown
> 
> 
> Thunderbird Lightning
> What: 	A program which adds gnupg and s/mime support to Thunderbird
> Where: 	http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/
> Why: 	This would greatly help people who want to use the same mail 
> program in Windows/Linux or who think Evolution does a horrible job 
> (such as full imap support). No 64 bit precompiled version is available, 
> so an RPM would be great. This finishes out helping Thunderbird fully 
> replace Evolution and supports CalDAV.
> Changes Needed: 	Unknown
> 
> 
> Darwin Calendar Server
> What: 	A full CalDAV server which can be integrated with multiple 
> authentication/group information schemes including Active Directory (via 
> Samba for us).
> 
> Where: 	http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/calendarserver
> Why: 	A calendar server really is a must. Since there is the open 
> standard of CalDAV this should be supported. This particular server 
> seems further along in development than most. It seems to be well 
> designed and developed. Additionally, this is the one used by OS X. Why 
> not reduce efforts and standardize? This is a good compliment to 
> Thunderbird Lightning plugin.
> Changes Needed: 	Probably a few patches to Python Twister, but not many 
> and may not be required long as efforts to sync up are in progress.
> 
> 
> Pykota
> What: 	A program which does accounting and quotas for printers
> Where: 	http://www.pykota.com/
> Why: 	It is good to be able to know who is printing and how much, 
> possibly restricting this. I am using this at home and know business who 
> use Linux (server and/or desktop) who would love this.
> Changes Needed: 	
> 
>     * A use pykota option in system-config-printers for each printer.
>       This option should not appear for cups auto-configured printers as
>       the accounting should be done on the print server.
>     * Possibly a button which will open the pykota config for the
>       printer in system-config-printers.
>     * Add GhostPCL package (http://www.artifex.com/downloads/), now
>       under GPL 2 
> 
>  
> 
> Please, let me know if I need to add these somewhere to be considered.
> 
> These are the major changes I think Fedora needs.
> 
> Thank you,
> Trever Adams
> 


Trever,

Thanks for this, I think those are good suggestions. However most Fedora 
developers are already carying a pretty full workload as is. Have you 
considered becoming a contributer yourself? I'm more then willing to guide you 
on your initial steps, note I'm both an experienced packager and an experienced 
(certified even) teacher.

Regards,

Hans